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The Power of Families is an online community of purposeful parents working towards peace, order and joy in their personal lives and in their homes while helping their children develop the po...

If your children have recently gone back to school or your school year is about to begin, you're probably going through some of the same thi...

Saren and her family spent a solid month on summer visiting the 12 oldest National Parks in the west (camping the whole way!). In this week'...

Come listen as Saren shares two game-changing daily parenting practices that have made a huge difference for their family! These simple, dai...

Join Saren and author Kristen Jensen as they discuss the importance - and better yet - strategies to porn-proof our kids.

In this episode, Saren interviews John Lanza, author of The Art of Allowance and founder of The Money Mammals, about how we can raise financ...

At this time of year, it's so easy to get caught up in the letters to Santa, the hustle and bustle of getting gifts for our children, the pa...

Join Saren and Power of Families Social Media Manager, Lynette Blood, as they discuss the magic and meaning of Christmas and how to balance...

In this 25-minute episode, Saren and her sister Shawni (who runs the popular blog, 71 Toes ), discuss simple ways to help our children: Feel...

When your child is running for office at school, looking for a job, or working a school assignment, how much do you help? If you have ideas...

Family fun doesn't need to be about complicated decorations or wearing ourselves out with dozens of events. But with a little bit of plannin...

In this episode, Saren shares some experiences she's had with one of those age-old parenting issues – getting kids to clean up their room. S...

Join Saren as she and Jane Clayson Johnson, an award winning journalist and author, discuss Jane's book Silent Souls Weeping about depressio...

Join Saren and her mother, Linda Eyre, as they discuss how you can really give your children your full attention - and why this is so import...

In this week's episode, Saren answers questions from our community concerning dealing with anxiety, saying yes and no to the right things, m...

Join Saren and her sister, Saydi, as they discuss wonderful ways to celebrate and discover with your family the real meaning of Easter.

Join Saren and April Perry, Director of Power of Moms, for a 20-minute conversation where they share simple tried-and-true ideas for making...

In this encore episode, Saren talks with Katie Kimball from Kitchen Stewardship about how what we eat, the way we talk about food, and the w...

Join Saren, her mom, and her sisters for a wonderful discussion that all of us need! Balance! How do we take care of our marriages, our chil...

Do you find Halloween to be fun? Stressful? Scary? Annoying? All of the above? How can you make Halloween really work for your family? In th...

Today we are bringing back a favorite episode to help you prepare for summer. Those long, lovely summer days can offer some of our family's...

In this week's episode, Saren and April (director of our sister-site, Power of Moms) share some of the great responses we received plus talk...

As our kids grow up, parenting can become more complicated - and more lonely. Where should we let go? Where should we hold on? How should we...

In this episode, Saren and Lynette Blood (Power of Families Social Media Manager) talk about how to balance the magic of elves and presents...

Join Saren as she talks with her son Silas about screen time in the summer. For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com

So many parents view screen time and technology as a stressful conundrum that they need to solve for their children. But it works better if...

In this week's encore episode, Saren interviews her sister Saydi about the simple, kid-friendly Christ-centered Easter activities she does w...

Do you sometimes wonder whether you're really making a difference? Do you see your dreams of doing big things fading away as you deal with a...

There are so many things we want to do and be as parents and sometimes we can feel overwhelmed. So we decided to start issuing a really simp...

In this encore episode, Saren interviews Stephanie Langford from Entrefamily.com about her amazing and budget-friendly around-the-world fami...

Join Saren and her two youngest sons as they discuss the creative schooling solutions they've come up with for this year. They've worked har...

What do you think is the key to happiness? Could it be gratitude? In this episode, Saren reads three popular posts on gratitude. Each post o...

What kind of schooling is right for our children? Public school? Charter school? Neighborhood school? Private school? Homeschool? There are...

Feeding our families is one of the most basic things we do as parents. It can be stressful and haphazard - or it can be deliberate, efficien...

Join Saren as she interviews her fabulous, and renowned mother on ways to instill positive character traits!

n this episode, Saren shares three important ways that we can set our children up for strong friendships now and in the future. She shares s...

In response to questions from readers, Saren offers concrete ideas for how we can work more effectively with children who are strong-willed,...

In this fun episode from a couple years ago, Saren interviews her 9-year-old twins about their summer goals and about why goals and some "pr...

Listen in as Saren is interviewed by the group "Family Looking Up" as they discuss ways to help prevent entitlement with our children.

Today we are bringing back a favorite episode to help you prepare for summer. Those long, lovely summer days can offer some of our family's...

Children of all ages often feel that they don't have all the freedom they want and this can be manifest in tantrums and power struggles and...

In this week's episode, Saren interviews Stephanie Langford from Entrefamily.com about her amazing and budget-friendly around-the-world fami...

In this week's episode, Saren talks with her mom and sisters, Shawni and Saydi, about how hard it can be to involve our kids in basic housew...

In this week's brand new episode, Power of Families Director Saren and her sisters, Shawni and Saydi, and her mom, Linda Eyre discuss their...

The word "housework" is often corrected to "drudgery," "whining," "nagging," and "necessary evil." But housework can actually be a fun and m...

When we begin with the end in mind, we have a much better chance of helping our family become all the wonderful things it can be. In this ep...

In this 25-minute episode, Saren and her sister Shawni (who runs the popular blog, 71 Toes ), discuss simple ways to help our children: Feel...

Feeling overwhelmed by the stuff in your home? In this episode, April and Saren offer practical tips for streamlining and organizing the toy...

"Discipline" and "fun" may not seem like they belong in the same sentence. But they actually work very nicely together. In this 20-minute ep...

Parenting teenagers is a whole new ball game! Power of Families Founder, Saren, and her sister, Shawni, who runs the popular blog, 71 Toes ,...

Paying a little extra attention to the positive "rituals" and "traditions" of our every-day lives can really build relationships and enhance...